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PrintCollection Name: Drachen Foundation Collection
Collection Number: 2453
Post Type: Book
This item was entered by Matthew Sutton. They assume full responsibility for all content.
Artist or Author: Ambrose Lloyd, Charles Mitchell and Nicolette Thomas
Creation Year: 1975
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ISBN: 0-03-017476-7 Language: English Description: "If you are already a kite flyer and want to build your own, or if you would like to try this fascinating and pleasurable pastime, here is a concise and essential guide.
Kites have fired people's imaginations from earliest times to the present day. Fun to build and fly, they have also played an important role in such varied fields as meteorology, air photography, and air-sea rescue. Benjamin Franklin used one to prove electricity in the atmosphere, Marconi raised the aerial for his first famous intercontinental radio linkup by kite, and the Wright brothers began their experiments into manned flight with box kites.
In this book, you learn how to make kites, with scientific explanations of the aerodynamics involved in flying them. There are sixteen flying models to choose from, with detailed yet simple, step-by-step instructions. They range from the basic Malay kite to the Marconi kite and the multicellular tetrahedral. The materials needed for making them are easily available and inexpensive, and all measurements are provided, in both metric scale and inches.
The book is illustrated throughout with drawings and diagrams, and will appeal to kite buffs and beginners of all ages."
95 pages
Geographic: Japan, Peoples Republic of China, United Kingdom
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